Uptrend - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the FOREX market? - ANSWER-Online exchange or buying and selling for all foreign currency pairs around the world How can you make money in the Forex market? - ANSWER-You can choose to buy or sell currencies and if you forecast the move correctly, you can make a profit What is a major pair? - ANSWER-Currency pairs where one currency is the US dollar. (USDJPY, EURUSD) What is a minor pair? - ANSWER-Currency pairs that don't involve the US dollar What are examples of some Exoti...

Bearish Symmetric Triangle - ANSWER-A Symmetrical Continuation Triangle (Bearish) shows two converging trendlines, the lower one is ascending, the upper one is descending. The formation occurs because prices are reaching both lower highs and higher lows. Falling Wedge - ANSWER-The Falling Wedge is a bullish pattern that begins wide at the top and contracts as prices move lower. This price action forms a cone that slopes down as the reaction highs and reaction lows converge. Bull Flag - ANS...

Trading view - ANSWER-Free, analysis, info, etc, chart markup. When to trade forex - ANSWER-4 sessions, market overlaps Sydney session - ANSWER-5pm-2am. Marks the start of the trading day, smallest and calmest session to trade, Tokyo session - ANSWER-7pm-4am. Starts the second trading session of the day, 3rd largest trading center in the world, JPY makes its move and is the 3rd most traded currency pair in the world (6% of total forex transactions), Asian session - ANSWER-5pm-4am. Sy...

CFA Level 1 Quantitative Methods Exam 318 Questions with Answers Three ways interest rates can be thought of - CORRECT ANSWER First, they can be considered required rates of return—that is, the minimum rate of return an investor must receive in order to accept the investment. Second, interest rates can be considered discount rates. In the example above, 5.26 percent is that rate at which we discounted the $10,000 future amount to find its value today. Thus, we use the terms "interest r...

What are the basic tenets of Dow Theory - Answer 1.) The averages discount everything 2.) The market has three trends 3.) Major trends have three phases 4.) The averages must confirme each other 5.) Volume must confirm trend 6.) A trend is in effect until it gives definitive signals that it has reversed Technical Analysis by Kirkpatrick - Answer The study of prices in freely traded markets with the intent of making profitable trading or investment decisions. -Kirkpatrick Basic Assum...

What are the basic tenets of Dow Theory - Answer 1.) The averages discount everything 2.) The market has three trends 3.) Major trends have three phases 4.) The averages must confirme each other 5.) Volume must confirm trend 6.) A trend is in effect until it gives definitive signals that it has reversed Technical Analysis by Kirkpatrick - Answer The study of prices in freely traded markets with the intent of making profitable trading or investment decisions. -Kirkpatrick Basic Assum...

Cycles are GENERALLY measured a. High to low b. Low to low c. High to high d. Either b or c - Answer Answer: b. Low to low Reference: Dahlquist, Julie R., and Charles D. Kirkpatrick. Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market Technicians. Chapter 19. This cycle principle states as stocks go through similar cycles, the size and magnitude will differ. a. Commonality b. Variation c. Summation d. Proportionality - Answer Answer: b. Variation Reference: Dahlqui...

US Dollar Index - Answer The US Dollar Index (USDX, DXY) is an index (or measure) of the value of the United States dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies, often referred to as a basket of US trade partners' currencies. It is a weighted geometric mean of the dollar's value relative to other select currencies: Euro (EUR), 57.6% weight Japanese yen (JPY) 13.6% weight Pound sterling (GBP), 11.9% weight Canadian dollar (CAD), 9.1% weight Swedish krona (SEK), 4.2% weight Swiss fra...

Cycles are GENERALLY measured a. High to low b. Low to low c. High to high d. Either b or c - Answer Answer: b. Low to low Reference: Dahlquist, Julie R., and Charles D. Kirkpatrick. Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market Technicians. Chapter 19. This cycle principle states as stocks go through similar cycles, the size and magnitude will differ. a. Commonality b. Variation c. Summation d. Proportionality - Answer Answer: b. Variation Reference: Dahlqui...

Contrast historical and implied volatility when used in price analysis and forecasting - Answer Implied volatility is the expected price movement of the underlying stock - Historical Volatility is simply the historical volatility.. List the inputs to an option pricing model - Answer - Call/Put - Underlying Price - Strike Price - Implied Volatility - Days to Expiration - Interest rate - Dividends Calculated single-day implied volatility - Answer 1 Day Movement = Implied Volatility/Sq...